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Saw this trailer before watching “Big George Foreman” and meant to post it last weekend. Looks uplifting, well-cast and it’s got an Oscar winning ace up its sleeve — The Unsinkable Hilary Swank. Slated for October release.

“Land of Gold” is a sweet immigrant’s odyssey road picture that walks the fine line between “cute” and “cutesey” all the way from LA To Boston. Writer, director and star Nardeep Khurmi gives us a sentimental view of America wrapped … Continue reading →

More stars, and an Agatha Christie tale with a touch of the supernatural. Sept. 15.

This “Columbo” styled thriller — we see the killing(s), and wonder if the cop (Hamm) or the relative (Fey) will figure out who did it, and why — co-stars Nick Muhammed and comes our way June 16. I think it … Continue reading →

Stephen Rea also stars in this summer release from Sony Pictures Classics. Veteran Irish filmmaker Thaddeus O’Sullivan (“Into the Storm,””Stella Days” and “Nothing Personal”) is behind the camera. Looks slight but sweet.

The image might be the way most of us remember that consummate showman, the entertainer’s entertainer, Sammy Davis Jr. He’s laughing, often as not surrounded by white actors, singers, comics or politicians — some of them his peers — most … Continue reading →

“Big George Foreman” is a movie that mimics its title character to a T. Like the fighter himself, it’s big and bloated and ungainly on its feet, but with a gentle charm that made this boxing legend, owner of the … Continue reading →

Hollywood’s idea of a “Top Gun” is a somewhat short action tyro who isn’t shy about hitting the gym, driving his motorcycle without a helmet or doing his own stunts. Some of China’s top guns, cast in “Born to Fly,” … Continue reading →

It’s safe to say that “Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3” is an emotional roller-coaster, a fan-friendly ride through “the feels” that puts our motley, space-traveling crew in peril and revisits old trauma as it does. If you’re the least … Continue reading →

“AKA” is a solid if generally unsurprising terrorist thriller built around a French undercover killing machine with “particular skills.” “Lost Bullet” actor turned star and screenwriter Alban Lenoir leans on genre formula tropes and thriller cliches entirely too much in … Continue reading →